Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling Using IBM SPSS Statistics and AMOS

✍ Scribed by Niels J. Blunch

• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 312
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive Second Edition offers readers a complete guide to carrying out research projects involving structural equation modeling (SEM). Updated to include extensive analysis of AMOS′ graphical interface, a new chapter on latent curve models and detailed explanations of the structural equation modeling process, this Second Edition is the ideal guide for those new to the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
About the author
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Part 1: Preparing Yourself and Your Data
1 Introduction
2 Measuring Your Variables: Reliability and Validity
3 Factor Analysis
Part 2: The Three Basic Models
4 Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS
5 Models with Only Manifest Variables
6 The Measurement Model in SEM: Confirmatory Factor Analysis
7 The General Model
Part 3: Advanced Models and Techniques
8 Mean Structures and Multi-group Analysis
9 Incomplete and Non-normal Data
10 Latent Curve Models
Appendices
Appendix A: Statistical Prerequisites
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: AMOS Statements
Author Index
Subject Index